Battalion Surgeon Carrara performs a tracheotomy on a badly wounded soldier of U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam.

U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. Dead American soldiers are carried in ponchos to area where other dead are already covered. U.S. Battalion Surgeon Captain Bob Carrara performs a tracheotomy on a badly wounded soldier in a desperate attempt to save his life.